“Not only will it please experienced golfers, but it will also provide an opportunity for other residents to try something new,” said Silversprings’ manager, Sally Rushant. “As well as being a fun activity, it will help residents to stay fit and healthy.”

Liverpool may be the UK’s true golfing home

When most people think of golf in the UK, they usually refer to the ‘home of golf’ in Scotland or the ‘heath belt’ in Surrey.

The club’s rules are that for this to happen at least 50 percent of the members have to vote for the motion to be on the agenda at a forthcoming general meeting (43 percent of those who voted represented less than 30 percent of the electorate). If the issue made it to a general meeting, at least 75 percent of the entire membership would have to support the motion, an almost impossible figure to achieve to support any issue, let alone one as divisive as gender segregation.

Still, as Shona Malcolm, chief executive officer of the LGU, noted: “We’re in a period of evolution.”